Who is responsible for discounts?

bpounds wrote:
I don't expect the establishment to quiz me about memberships, or discounts that might apply. I appreciate any clerk that makes an effort to help me save money, but I don't expect that. I will sometimes ask if they honor this or that. All they can say is no.

My experience is more with hotels than RV parks, since I rarely use an RV park, but I expect the experience to be very similar.

If I ask if they have a AAA discount, and they do, I will admit that I resent being asked to see my card. And in fact, I am almost never asked to actually show proof of AAA/AARP/GS, or any other. I can probably count on one hand the number of times that my word on the matter hasn't been satisfactory. It's not that they don't have the right to ask, it's just that 99 other places did not ask, and this one place thinks I am lying about it, which makes them a less enjoyable establishment than those other 99. Not a deal breaker by any stretch, just that it tells me something about the place.

Really? If I'm a member and expect a discount I *want* to prove it. I don't want non-members to say they are and get my discount. The establishment doesn't know me or anyone else and therefore one's "word" doesn't mean anything.

As for the OP's question: I agree with most others that it's the customer's responsibility to request applicable discounts.